In 's "The Chair,” a woman ascending to a coveted leadership role as the chair of the English department, turns out to be a cunning form of discrimination.
Insider spoke with experts about how the show mirrors the challenges real women face. ⬇️
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"The Chair" takes place at Pembroke University, a fictional ivy league school, and follows Ji Yoo Kim, played by , the first woman of color to chair the struggling English department.
Kim chiefly encounters the “glass cliff” effect.
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In some ways, Kim's experience mirrors the implicit and explicit struggles faced by many women and people of color in academia: an industry pay gap, tenure challenges, and how leaders are set up to fail.
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